Bob Dole: “I join with all Senators in welcoming Kelly Johnston as secretary of the Senate. For the past 3 years, Kelly has served…”

“I join with all Senators in welcoming Kelly Johnston as secretary of the Senate. For the past 3 years, Kelly has served as staff director of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, where he has won the respect of all Senators--Republican and Democrat--for his intelligence and integrity. Kelly has an impressive 14-year career working in the legislative and executive branch, and I am confident he will do an outstanding job in overseeing the legislative administration of the Senate. Kelly will succeed Sheila Burke, who has served as secretary since the beginning of this Congress. During that time, Sheila succeeded in creating a secretary's office that was both smaller and smarter. Under her leadership, a 12.5-percent reduction in the secretary's budget was achieved, without cutting needed services to Members and the public. Sheila also took the lead in bringing many advancements in technology to the secretary's office, including many that will result in long-term savings of tax dollars. Under her guidance, improvements were made in the Senate page school--improvements that will ensure a quality education for the pages, and ones that saved the Senate close to $100,000. Sheila was also the guiding force behind the family night, in the Senate dining room, allowing all of us to spend more time with our most important constituents--our families.”